Warren wanted a Beach Boys thing for this one, and Carl Wilson and Billy Hinsche came in, with Carl arranging the vocal parts. The other harmony vocalists (credited as the "Gentlemen Boys") were Jackson Browne, J.D. Souther, Zevon's longtime backers Waddy Wachtel and Jorge Calderon, and Linda Rondstadt/Stone Poneys guitarist Kenny Edwards.
Clinical mass
I pray contagion of the feeble mind
Clinical mass
I pray contamination deified
2x
Bludgeon abortion
Lethal amputation
Onslaught of torment
Embrace the offering
Necrotic flesh
Design of tainted surgery
Cold steel blade
Neutralize mortality
2x
Cristen me with razor blades
Away from me
Your God drink my holy wine
My tears of pain
Away you rot?
4x
Clinical mass
I pray contagion of the feeble mind
Clinical mass
I pray contamination deified
2x
Bludgeon abortion
Lethal amputation
Onslaught of torment
Embrace the offering
Necrotic flesh
Design of tainted surgery
Cold steel blade
Neutralize mortality
4x
I pray contagion of the feeble mind
Clinical mass
I pray contamination deified
2x
Bludgeon abortion
Lethal amputation
Onslaught of torment
Embrace the offering
Necrotic flesh
Design of tainted surgery
Cold steel blade
Neutralize mortality
2x
Cristen me with razor blades
Away from me
Your God drink my holy wine
My tears of pain
Away you rot?
4x
Clinical mass
I pray contagion of the feeble mind
Clinical mass
I pray contamination deified
2x
Bludgeon abortion
Lethal amputation
Onslaught of torment
Embrace the offering
Necrotic flesh
Design of tainted surgery
Cold steel blade
Neutralize mortality
4x
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anyone have any ideas what the 'samples' in the middle of the song are? they sound so cool, but I can't even begin to figure out what it is from or what it means
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